I do. My wife. She would love to put on a few kilos but she can’t. No matter what she eats, she never puts on weight. The bitch! And if you are reading this, darling, I love you.

So back to all these good intentions and plans.

So, why don’t you start some of them? As a small business blogger…you want to succeed, right?

I tell you why.

Because you don’t really want to achieve them. Honestly, you don’t. You think you do but, believe me, you don’t. Otherwise you would have started by now.

The ONLY way you will achieve your goals is if you are naturally passionate about them. That passion is deep inside you.

You can’t make the passion up. You have to want to achieve your goals so much you will do anything to achieve it.

Maybe you have started, have you?

How easily are you distracted?

You are on a diet and you are invited out to the fancy new restaurant in town. What picture does that conjure up in your mind? What words does your inner voice say to you?

“You must go, the food is wonderful and you can always exercise a bit more the next day”

Or

“Remember you want to be slim. Don’t go”

A good friend of mine used to smoke. He decided to give up. He could no longer afford to smoke. Within one day he had given up. No cutting down, no patches, just 20 a day to none. He has not smoked for 21 years.

His passion and determination for not smoking was bigger than the benefit he got from smoking.

22 Responses to Why Small Business Bloggers Fail

First of all, it needs to be said that I find close to nothing more annoying than people who want to GAIN weight. I’m sure your wife is a lovely woman, don’t get me wrong, but seriously, who wants to gain weight? In short, I’m just jealous 😉 I could not agree more, though, that a natural affinity/passion for something is what will ultimately lead a person to achieve their goals, short- and long-term. If you’re not doing something for the ‘right’ reasons, you’ll never do it well, or at least not for long.Petra recently posted..PC Prima- Wichtige Daten sicher online speichern

I would love to disagree with this entire post – but I simply can’t. Throughout my life I’ve known people who say things like, “oh, I’ve always wanted to live on a ranch”…and I said, “ok, move in” and they so, “oh, no, I couldn’t do that”. I said, “sure you can – there’s a room for you and I’ll use my truck and trailer and get others and we’ll help you move”.

Having removed all obstacles (how, where, when) they “just can’t”. Oh I see. They didn’t REALLY “always want to live on a ranch”. That is just something they tell themselves but didn’t actually want to do in reality.

So THAT is the question: do you REALLY want to blog for a small business. If the real answer is an emphatic YES! then you need a plan. Lucky for you, Andrew offers one – his Income Blogging Guide could work for you – and there are many other bloggers like me willing to send you traffic and support your efforts (but you have to ask).Gail Gardner recently posted..Guest Blogging Invitation Hiring Writers Ask Me!

Wow this year’s going fast, I still remember 31st December, and i was writing my goals to achieve this year. I think they need to be relooked at, but your right, besides having Passion for your goals, it’s also setting the right mindset so that you stay focused and don’t drift away from your goals.

I think that many small business bloggers fail because they don’t plan accordingly. They have the passion and drive, but they may not see the direct benefit from blogging and send their resources elsewhere. They may have a goal of “increasing business” but either aren’t sure how blogging will get them there or have had lackluster results with it in the past. It’s up to people like you and me to show them that blogging can be a great tool in their arsenal.

Seriously excellent post! Also, your service here really interests me, I’ll pass it along! One point in particular is that Google is seriously pushing for grading their search results based on ‘good quality websites’. With this clearly being the future of search engines, it is of the utmost importance that you have passion and dedication to your blog if you want it to succeed. Thanks for the post!Jon recently posted..Having A Website

Discipline is harder when you’re self-employed because as a business owner, no one else is around to whip you into shape. Complacency also plays a big role into why we can’t seem to make the changes we want.MicroSourcing recently posted..CSG Hosts Paint your Eggs Contest

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